In a proposed settlement agreement, Sullivan would receive her presidential salary for an additional year — $680,000 annually — while she is on sabbatical conducting research, consulting with the board and preparing to teach in the fall of 2013, according to a person who was briefed on the document. It would fall to $170,000 when she returns to teaching sociology. Sullivan also would receive about $360,000 in deferred compensation.

* Which ward has the most die-hard partisans? According to Loose Lips, that title can go to Ward 8.

The Washington City Paper blog reports that Ward 8 Democrats approved a resolution rebuking the D.C. Council for picking Council member Michael Brown—who, although a Democrat on the dais, is a registered independent—over Democrat Vincent Orange for the ceremonial pro tempore post on the council.

Brown changed his registration from Democrat to get elected on the council.

The resolution read: "RESOLVED, that if there are Democratic members of the Council of the District of Columbia who feel that supporting fellow Democrats is not an important consideration regarding its body leadership, then they should publicly state that being a registered Democrat is an unimportant proposition."

* Harry Thomas Jr. is heading to serve his 38 month sentence at a federal facility in Alabama on Wednesday. His church, Michigan Park Christian Church in Ward 5, had a reception and send-off for the former D.C. councilman on Sunday.

* Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and state House Speaker Michael E. Busch, both Democrats, are scheduled to co-host a fundraiser next week to benefit the campaign for same-sex marriage.

Under Busch’s leadership, O’Malley’s law to legalize same-sex marriage passed the House of Delegates and State Senate. An opposition group has been gathering petition signatures and will almost certainly trigger a referendum to get the issue on the ballot in November.

The event, according to The Post, will coincide with Maryland Municipal League’s four-day convention.

Tickets for next Tuesday’s event at the Galaxy 66 Bar and Grill in Ocean City start at $1,000.